The user of an objective device registers a favorite setup of the objective device in a user setup data recording device in correspondence with user information based on a physical feature. Upon detecting the physical feature of the user, the objective device sends its device ID to the user setup data recording device together with the user information based on the physical feature. The user setup data recording device sends setup data of the objective device, which is set in advance by the user, to the objective device on the basis of the received user information and device ID. The objective device changes its setup on the basis of the received setup data.
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1. A system having a plurality of devices, comprising: first transmission means for transmitting specific information of a first device to a second device; second transmission means for transmitting setup data according to the specific information transmitted by said first transmission means to the first device; change means for changing a setup of the first device upon executing a predetermined function on the basis of the setup data transmitted by said second transmission means; and acquisition means for acquiring identification information of a user who uses the first device, wherein said first transmission means transmits the specific information together with the identification information acquired by said acquisition means, and wherein said acquisition means acquires physical information of the user.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said first transmission means transmits the specific information together with identification information that specifies a user of the first device.
3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein said second transmission means transmits the setup data in accordance with the identification information transmitted by said first transmission means.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the setup data transmitted by said second transmission means can be registered from the first device in the second device.
5. A first device which can execute a predetermined function, comprising: transmission means for transmitting specific information of said first device to a second device; reception means for receiving setup data transmitted by the second device in accordance with the transmitted specific information; change means for changing a setup upon executing the predetermined function on the basis of the setup data received by said reception means; and acquisition means for acquiring identification information of a user who uses said first device, wherein said transmission means transmits the specific information together with the identification information acquired by said acquisition means, and wherein said acquisition means acquires physical information of the user.
6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein said transmission means transmits the specific information together with identification information that specifies a user of said first device.
7. The device according to claim 5 , further comprising: registration means for registering the setup data in the second device.
8. A second device which can change a setup of a first device, comprising: reception means for receiving specific information of the first device transmitted by the first device; transmission means for transmitting setup data in accordance with the specific information received by said reception means, wherein the setup data to be transmitted by said transmission means is data used by the first device to change a setup upon executing a predetermined function, and wherein the specific information is physical information of a user who uses the first device.
9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein said transmission means transmits the setup data in accordance with identification information that specifies a user of the first device transmitted from the first device.
10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the setup data is data registered by the first device.
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